Sheldon H. Danziger
Funded Research:
A Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy (Ford Foundation)
Access, Assets and Poverty: The Role of Financial Services Among Low and Moderate-Income Households (Ford Foundation)
Application for New Award: National Poverty Research Center at the University of Michigan (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary)
Food Stamp Program and Women, Infants, and Children: Effect on Children's Health and Well-Being (USDA)
Health and Society Scholars Program (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs - II (Department of Agriculture)
National Poverty Center (ASPE)
The Role of Intra-Family Financial and Other Support for Young Adults (MacArthur Foundation)
Understanding the Economic Concepts and Characteristics of Food Access (Department of Agriculture)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.
Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, G. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Director, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan.
Director, Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Danziger's research focuses on trends in poverty and inequality, and the effects of economic and demographic changes and government social programs on disadvantaged groups. His current work includes research on how the 1996 welfare reform affected the work effort, family income, and material well-being of single mothers.
Recent Publications
Books
Cancian, Maria, and Sheldon H. Danziger. 2009. Changing Poverty, Changing Policies. Russell Sage. Abstract. Publisher Link .
Danziger, Sheldon H., and Cecilia Elena Rouse. 2007. The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.
Blank, Rebecca M., Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.
Danziger, Sheldon H., and Peter Gottschalk. 2004. Diverging Fortunes: Trends in Poverty and Inequality. Russell Sage Foundation and Population Reference Bureau. Abstract.
Danziger, Sheldon H., and Robert Haveman. 2002. Understanding Poverty. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Abstract.
Danziger, Sheldon H., and Ann Chih Lin. 2000. Coping With Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work and Family in the African-American Community. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Abstract.
Danziger, Sheldon H., and Jane Wadfogel. 2000. Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College. New York: Russell Sage. Abstract.
Farley, Reynolds, Sheldon H. Danziger, and Harry J. Holzer. 2000. Detroit Divided. Russell Sage. Abstract.
Danziger, Sheldon H. 1999. Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute. Abstract.
Journal Articles
Danziger, Sheldon H., Davis, M.M., S. Orzol, and H.A. Pollack. 2008. "Health insurance and access to care among welfare leavers." Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing, 45(2): 184-197. Worldcat.
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